A VERY high-class two-year-old, who scored four times in his first racing season, including group events at Ascot and Goodwood, Bungle Inthejungle retired to cover for the first time in 2015 at Rathasker Stud in Naas.
Hjs first three crops have already produced over 60 winners, including the Group 2 Lowther Stakes heroine Living In The Past, Winter Power who scored in the Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes, and star French filly Acapulco Gold.
His son Rumble Inthejungle won the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood and was third in the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes and he is now a stallion in England.
Trainer Mick Channon had Bungle Inthejungle ready to make his debut as a two-year-old at Newbury in April, and his first win came a month later at Salisbury, where he led all the way. Only eight days later he scored again at Beverley, leading before halfway and defeating Top Notch Tonto.
Those victories earned him a run in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot, where he led until the final furlong, finishing a creditable fourth of the 19 runners.
It was clear that Bungle Inthejungle deserved an important success and that came in the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes over five furlongs at Goodwood, where he won by a head and three lengths from Morawij and Hototo.
He was beaten only half a length by Sir Prancealot in the Group 2 Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster, but he then completed an excellent season by winning the Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes over five furlongs at Ascot in October, leading all the way and holding on gamely under top weight from Garswood.
Exceed And Excel, the sire of Bungle Inthejungle, was the champion sprinter in Australia and has been a sensational success at stud, both in Europe and in Australia.
He has sired 177 blacktype winners, 15 of those at Group 1 level. His son Excelebration was a champion miler, Margot Did took the Nunthorpe Stakes and Helmet won the Caulfield Guineas in record time and sired Dubai World Cup star Thunder Snow.
Bungle Inthejungle is an own-brother to the listed scorer Waveband and a half-brother to top sprinter Muarrab, whose 14 wins included the Group 1 Golden Shaheen Stakes in Dubai.
The next dam, Crime Of Passion, won the Group 3 Cherry Hinton Stakes at Newmarket and was second in the Queen Mary Stakes.
Crime Of Passion bred five winners and traces to Eleanor Cross, the grandam of top sire Pardao. This is also the family of Style Vendome, winner of the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains-French 2000 Guineas in 2013 and a successful sire in France.
BUNGLE INTHEJUNGLE (GB), Bay 2010. Won four races, £90,640, over 5 furlongs, at 2 years including, BMW Cornwallis Stakes, Ascot, Gr.3, bet365 Molecomb Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.3, also placed second in Polypipe Flying Childers Stakes, Doncaster, Gr.2.
Retired to Stud in 2015, and sire of the winners of 124 races, and £1,485,221, including LIVING IN THE PAST (IRE), WINTER POWER (IRE), RUMBLE INTHEJUNGLE (IRE), ACAPULCO GOLD (FR), SOPRAN ARTEMIDE (IRE)
Stands at: Rathasker Stud, Kilcullen Road, Naas, Co Kildare, Ireland.
Contact: Maurice or Madeline Burns.
Telephone: (353) 86 3774430.
Email: info@rathaskerstud.ie
Web: www.rathaskerstud.com.
Fee: €8,000.